Damian Lillard Named to All-NBA Third Team

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Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard has been named to the All-NBA team for a seventh time in his career.

Lillard was named to the third team All-NBA on Wednesday, his second time getting the third team honors.

He has the most All-NBA nods in Blazers franchise history.

This past season, Lillard played in 58 games and averaged a career-high 32.2 points a game, the third-best mark in the league.

He also had a streak of 32 straight games scoring at least 20 points which was the longest such streak of his career.

On Dec. 19th at Oklahoma City, Lillard officially became the Trail Blazers all-time leading scorer, passing Clyde Drexler. Lillard has 19,376 career points, 59th all-time in NBA history.

He poured in a career-high 71 points and 13 made 3-pointers in a win over Houston on Feb. 26th.

The full All-NBA Teams are as follows.

FIRST TEAM

Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee)
Luka Doncic (Dallas)
Joel Embiid (Philadelphia)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City)
Jayson Tatum (Boston)

SECOND TEAM

Jaylen Brown (Boston)
Jimmy Butler (Miami)
Steph Curry (Golden State)
Nikola Jokic (Denver)
Donovan Mitchell (Cleveland)

THIRD TEAM
De’Aaron Fox (Sacramento)
LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers)
Damian Lillard (Portland)
Julius Randle (New York)
Domantas Sabonis (Sacramento)

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